Heath had once heard a saying: the world was so big that every kind of freak and weirdo could be found in it. He had not believed it at first, but now he did, because this little cooking competition alone had shown him a whole parade of them. There were people cooking in all sorts of ways, including someone whose fried rice was sending up black smoke. Heath was baffled. He genuinely wondered why this person produced so much black smoke while cooking. Was he planning to burn the entire batch of fried rice to a crisp?
And that was not all. Heath also saw someone grabbing ingredients with his bare hands, then reaching down to pick at his feet before going back to frying rice. Seeing the staff member's dark expression and the negative assessment they gave without hesitation, Heath nearly laughed aloud. Had this guy come from some "clean and hygienic" country? How could anyone dare grab ingredients with their bare hands? Even that could be overlooked, since some places did have the distinctive custom of eating rice with their hands. But even then, if someone dared pick at their feet before grabbing food again, making it away from the table alive would already mean their fellow diners were gentle souls.
"Arceus, please let this guy not use his hands when he goes to the bathroom." Watching the man protest indignantly as he was thrown out, Heath's mouth twitched. He knew that people in some countries liked to use their fingers rather than toilet paper after going to the bathroom. Although they felt it was cleaner-after all, they rinsed their hands clean with water afterward-Heath simply could not accept that behavior, especially knowing that people in some countries also ate with their hands. That made it even harder